16 USC 7101 - Purposes

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§ 7101.

Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;

(2)

to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that—

(A)

(i)

(ii)

implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and

(iii)

restore and improve land health and water quality;

(B)

enjoy broad-based support; and

(C)

have objectives that may include—

(i)

road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;

(ii)

soil productivity improvement;

(iii)

improvements in forest ecosystem health;

(iv)

watershed restoration and maintenance;

(v)

the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;

(vi)

the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and

(vii)

the reestablishment of native species; and

(3)

to improve cooperative relationships among—

(A)

the people that use and care for Federal land; and

(B)

the agencies that manage the Federal land.

(Pub. L. 106–393, § 2, as added Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.)

cite as: 16 USC 7101